weird clicking sound on my bass

kidkip · Post by **kidkip** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:34 pm

hey
ive got a weird clicking sound going on my bassline, duno how to get rid of it, does anyone know what the problem is?

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Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:06 pm

I have this too on one of my tunes usig z3ta. Cant get the myspace player to work to check if its the same.

ekaj · Post by **ekaj** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:22 pm

Resample it and cut out the click

untold · Post by **untold** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:26 am

annoying. I've spent hours trying to kill phantom clicks before.

Synths sometimes click if the attack or release of the amp envelope is set to 0.

If you are running the bline through an fx chain, check each plug in to make sure it isn't clipping.

bit of an obvious one but make sure the main out isnt clipping, also check levels of any mixer / hardware you are using.

rickdias · Post by **rickdias** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:57 am

ekaj wrote:Resample it and cut out the click

thats the one, i use ableton with battery an for some reason big bassy kicks allways click, so i just dump it down to a wav open soundforge an remove the clicks manually. problem sorted, sound forge is a life saver

product · Post by **product** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:43 pm

if it's a clean sub try pulling all the highs out

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:56 pm

I remember someone explaing to me exactly why it happens, but I cant remeber what exactly the said which is a bit uselss, but I think its to do with a sudden cut or rise in volume of the wave form or something, so if you were to look at it graphically youd see a straight line drop, which causes a click.

product · Post by **product** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:22 pm

yeah i get clicks when i go a little crazy with the LFO

lycaon_prod · Post by **lycaon_prod** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:20 am

push the attack or release or both up a bit.

ekaj · Post by **ekaj** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:00 am

For those of you saying to push attack or release - that's not gonna fix it because this click is not at the beginning of the note. If it was, then more attack would fix it.

I think this is a problem with some synths and they do click sometimes. The best way in my opinion is to resample it and manually cut out the click in Soundforge or any other audio editor.
Then reload that sample into a sampler and you have your click free bass and plus you'll save up on some CPU because you're not using the synth anymore.

parson · Post by **parson** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:39 am

clicks are oftentimes caused by incomplete wav forms so when you're editing wavs make sure they end on the middle line rather than being cut off somewheres

sek [espionage] · Post by **sek [espionage]** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:36 pm

If it's being played from a soft synth there's a good chance it's being played in stereo.

Sum it to mono and the click will go away

mattyg · Post by **mattyg** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:29 pm

If you're using samples, or are able to see the waveform, make sure you always cut/trim samples at 0 amplitude. With bass, even if the note ends at what looks to be 0 amplitude, there can still be a pop. I use an eq to cut the highs out. Sometimes, this changes the sound of your bass, like if it's anything other than a sine wave, but for 808s and sine waves, this works pretty good. Also, try adding a small fade at the beginning or end of your soundbite. That should get rid of a pop as well.

Citrus Boy · Post by **Citrus Boy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:00 pm

like said if using samples always edit them so they start and end on crossing zero points..also check there is no dc offset on dem..both can be fixed easy enough in soundforge..

as for synths making clicks/pops..ermm use a better synth??

lycaon_prod · Post by **lycaon_prod** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:07 pm

Borg wrote:like said if using samples always edit them so they start and end on crossing zero points..also check there is no dc offset on dem..both can be fixed easy enough in soundforge..

as for synths making clicks/pops..ermm use a better synth??

all synths make clicks if ya use the 'wrong' envelope settings.

i978 · Post by **i978** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:07 pm

What synth are you using?

I had a similar problem a while back. Like Lycaon said, solved by changing the envelope settings. Try turning the "sustain" all the way up on the amp envelope.

kidkip · Post by **kidkip** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:09 pm

hey i managed to fix it without resampling, hasnt changed the sound as much as i thought it would messing round wit cut n res. i'll upload the final mix soon as i can be bothered.

cheers everyone for ur help

weird clicking sound on my bass

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